J.K. Rowling on the Stand: 'There's a Measure of Principle at Stake'
Law Blogger Dan Slater filed this dispatch on April 14 from outside the courtroom, just after Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling had finished giving her direct testimony. For background on the case, click here.
NEW YORK — In the case of Warner Bros. and J.K. Rowling v. RDR Books, the attorneys began the morning by introducing themselves, their trial teams, and their clients to the court, presided over by Southern District Judge Robert Patterson.
WSJ Law Blog April 14, 2008


ABA Launches SafeBorrowing.com Site
SafeBorrowing.com: "Consumer credit can be complicated. From the unusual legal terms to the complex mathematical formulas, understanding how credit works can be a big task. The Committee on Consumer Financial Services of the Section on Business Law of the American Bar Association has created this website to provide you with the tools to help you on your way to financial success. This website covers the four basic types of consumer credit: financing your home, financing your car, financing your education, and credit cards. At some point in your life you will be faced with decisions about most, if not all, of these types of credit. By reading through this website and others that we point you to, you will be able to get a grasp on understanding these types of credit and how to use them safely and wisely."
 "Other resources include a radio news release and various podcasts: safeborrowing.com (overview), mortgages, auto loans, student loans, and credit cards."

A TANK AWAY FROM TOLEDO OR COLUMBUS
On April 11, we drove to Dayton
http://www.daytoncvb.com/guide/pdf/08-attractions.pdf and visited The Citizens Motorcar Company http://www.americaspackardmuseum.org/patrons.html, a
museum filled with old Packards. The first one I saw had drawers under the seats and small fold-down jump seats. Later, I would see the hearse used in the 1972 film The Godfather. There are two large buildings, once used for a Packard dealership. Surprises:
a Chickering piano, a Packard piano, a library with three oriental rugs and built-in bookcases.
After dinner at Jay’s http://www.jays.com/ we toured the beautiful campus of The University of Dayton (UD). On July 1, 1850, St. Mary's School for Boys, a frame building that not long before had housed farm hands, opened its doors to 14 primary students from Dayton. Known at various times as St. Mary's School, St. Mary's Institute and St. Mary's College, the school assumed its present identity in 1920.
http://www.udayton.edu/Reputation/History_of_UD/


UD has a sand mandala created by Tibetan monks on campus. The Dalai Lama, has granted UD permission to keep it on display, departing from the traditional practice of destroying the mandala shortly after its creation. The mandala can be found on the second floor of Roesch Library.
https://journal.udayton.edu/undergraduateadmission/2007_03_01_archive.html
The next morning we visited The Dayton Art Institute. Shimmering Madness was a memorable installation by Sandy Skoglund of jelly bean people

Discover Ohio
http://consumer.discoverohio.com/
Discover Ohio: Ohio government and law
http://www.oplin.org/page.php?Id=63-22&msg=

A faithful reader has shared a travel site after reading about southwest Florida’s Everglades.
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/
In search box, type post office under attraction and fl for state as an example.

April 15 is the birthday of Leonardo da Vinci, born in the Republic of Florence (1452). Though he lived for 67 years, only 17 of his paintings are known to exist, and only a few of those were finished to his satisfaction, including The Last Supper and Mona Lisa.
The most extensive works that Leonardo left behind were his notebooks, more than 3,500 pages of sketches and writings. Scholars aren't sure why, but most of what Leonardo wrote in his notebooks was written backward, so that it could only be legible when held up to a mirror.
The Writer’s Almanac